Bioasis Connections For many years I have followed the work of the noted medical oncologist,
Dr. Nancy U. Lin. I have in my files copies of her papers that relate to the state of cancer treatments over the years.
The authors of this paper are very influential people as evidenced by their
disclosures of potential conflicts of interests, which are standard disclosures on scientific papers and can be found toward the bottom of the paper. These people are very broadly engaged in the oncology space.
Seattle Genetics
Puma Biotechnology
Daiichi Sankyo
Denali Therapeutics
AstraZeneca
Prelude Therapeutics
Voyager Therapeutics
Affinia Therapeutics
Pfizer
Olema Pharmaceuticals
Aleta Biotherapeutics
Artera
Celgene
Cellestia Biotech
AstraZeneca
Roche
Seattle Genetics
Daiichi Sankyo
ERYTECH Pharma
Polyphor
Athenex
Lilly
SERVIER
Merck Sharp & Dohme
GlaxoSmithKline
Leuko
Clovis Oncology
Bioasis
Ellipses Pharma
Boehringer Ingelheim
HiberCell
Bioinvent
GEMoaB
Gilead Sciences
Menarini
Zymeworks
Reveal Genomics
Why should we have any interest in these associations? Because all of the authors are consultants and advisers to many of the top pharmaceutical companies engaged in breast cancer research and development. In addition to being on the Bioasis Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Cortez lists 24 other companies with whom he advises and consults. These companies include Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca, both of which have done studies with Bioasis.
Bioasis has many secret things going on. How many companies on Dr. Cortez's list, and on the other lists, are already in some sort of relationship with Bioasis? I wouldn't exclude any company right now, especially companies that have known relationships with people who are directly associated with Bioasis, which Dr. Cortez most certainly is.
Note, also, that Dr. Cortez is listed as the correspondent for this paper, meaning that enquiries about the paper should be directed to him. This reference is on Page 9 of the paper's
PDF file. (The PDF is embedded and may be more easily read if it's downloaded first.)
Meanwhile, mark this post, or save a link to the paper. I think it's very possible that there may be names in those lists that may appear in Bioasis's future. The connections are there. xB3-001 plays right into the breast cancer space and may one day enable treatment of one of the major concerns expressed in the paper, HER2+ brain tumours.
Bioasis is massively connected. It has multiple relationships and collaborations already announced. Don't bother telling us that there's nothing going on.
jd